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Kashan · Alexandria

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Kashan

Also known as

Kachan
Kachan
Kachan
Kachán
Kaixan
Kaschan

Image illustrating Kashan — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Kashansee Wikimedia Commons

This entry is a stub. The Library is awakening — a longer account is being written.

Connected to

place of death of‘Abd al-Razzāq al-Qāshānī12th c. CE
birthplace of · place of death ofAbu Lu'lu'a
birthplace ofAli Asghar1500s CE
birthplace ofAmir Ghafour1991 CE
place of death ofAmir Kabir1807 CE
birthplace ofEhsan Hajsafi1990 CE
birthplace ofEhsan Naraghi1926 CE
birthplace ofFarrokh Ghaffari1921 CE
birthplace ofHooshmand Dehghan1969 CE
containsImamzadeh Ibrahim (Kashan)
birthplace ofMasih Kashani1577 CE

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